Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-11

70 put up Ten lunches int thls sac ck-- olle d
5uv en- e I'VE .per, ttie Ra!. put you KIN
tsckle tne alance. III e1t g ilre ~ the
stove ~ yoe; g. ,snen = eob 60 llgng
out aael!. &, on Jus e.at an pound
Esr =. ear tl!l s1lr you up ag1n - to-ino
e sn o9uy comes a'one le.' EN- you
fos smnaaiipox an run EN- en-, 8, oif- reckon
81 Il nn4s, - = s. "a s.,ss
th;nk svaarst - n,,to s;s ;t 1s.,,y xS.l, +her r
s;,st ,,,,.,h ~, -
s..aa. SI;a SIs. ! ~ ~ ss,, ~ oll' 5A
49,. ,,,, s, s',s,.s. Il 5
~ nch n tn.asa s;' s;s t;rad = "a brson b,,ns
,,,nr ~. ~. tba ,sas+,,se . IA
Z. ;rt 49, +ha ~ t.n.,.h t1s ~.
,.n,,n 8 ~, e haa. sa ahn,,t ~ aanr ;ne -.
Ip s;Lap 10 = . -ss .'n sloa,s;,,r 49, ~ . ~. - @
.rnlia5 nv.r and saai,sta1 I M, ': n;th.
s.Ynm Shack aoa;nf stamnada [ nuar "a.
there = -, - = s:
&c. M,
as;s ss:au, u9 nuy'a,' lI. wnelo = tneln an
w0uuieS az u7us snao :, "ent over VIII
nle1 =
"A tne corne5 s!! wnere them orldles Is
u'a:.n usan aau Mlke went 20 slesp aeealn,
"nie Ing = ~ wi uns'i"Pteu - s'''o roi'eo OUT
9 Deu; ),
IN Gne morhlng ne Walteo aoo9t the
cor1al untll ne - saw scranton, ana then
salo: say' FlugeooGn, was It you
was Wan9lng Ter ouy tnet black morse
o frencn Charley,swthe one as ne
oroke t1t ter reap iehces!
los. r
Well, eft you're kind O. slick about
sltyou kin git him fer fifty. French
owes me some dust an got to git it.
Hes over ter Mountain Lion with
the horse now; ifyou kin, come right
over an I'll git him to dlcker. On'y
he don't want none o. this Burton
gang to know nothin' about it till the
horse is sold. He owes the oleman
some stuff, I b'lieve."
Scranton's eyes glistened-the black
morse was worth hundred; and he
nastlly saddled a pony. They rode
over to Mountain Lion together, Jim's
morse Deg1nnlne TO need the spur TO-
wards the end OF the Journey: Enter.
ing She corral uney dlsmounted, and
as scranton was ABOUT to pull the
KNOT out OF MS iad'go Jim Mason
g2sssu G Sne 1ooP OF MS rlata over the
Duoes snouloers' craving IL up SO
enae ecsaneon.s arms were p1n'onfd
@I MS sloes'
3ulc your 1oohng! SAID Scranton,
suriliy. >. , 49,,
11s your tooing / calkliate to
stop, Plugtooth'" replied Jim, as he
Grew scranton's pistol from his belt.
Then he bound the raw-hide rope
1ound ms hand, close up. to the hou'
doo' and led his captive into the log
house.
lot some comp'ny for ye, preach
er: :,,,,, e, -,
Del1gnted! SAID the Rev. Mr..
Noyes. AS tne locum tenens OF the
olocesan OF mountain hlon' well
come you 10 us ciols1ers' my young
'rAenu'
care you one of rhe gang?" snarled
Scranton. so you've turned road
agent, Jim Mason. Take the fifty and
let me go-you'renew at the business"
Jim plucked open the stove door
with his spurred heal and thoughtfully
spat in the fire. ''Violent language,
my son!" exclaimed Noyes. "1f you
are sincerely curions as to the pur-
pose OF my presence here, I don't
mind telling you that l am here to
solemnize-a funeral, and that you
are about the size OF corpse required"
Jim looked up sharply, whistled q
line OF "Never Take the Horseshoe
from the Door" opened the stow
door with the orher heal, pursed up
MS mouth tentatively, heslt tated.
kicked the door in place again, and
said: .r
"Ez to the fifty, I'll take it when 1
want it. Plugtooth. Ez to my havin'
turned road agent, amt so sure
what / hev turned"
"Are you both crazy!
"oh, no, Plngtooth; we amt been
eating no loco. Look here, you're
go'n, to be left alone here with this
genrman, an you're goin' to be tied
up, which he amt. Now, Plpgtooth,
got notion he's the sort O. ornery
chap thet it you sass him he will knock
the stufhn out It o you-so long e7 yer
tied up. An If l was you, I'd be kind
er perfite, 1 would"
Scranton swore savaQely, and the
Rev. Mr.: Noyes expressed his reproba-
tion of the practice of profanity.
mo use worryin' him, preacher"
said Jim. ''Now, I'm goin' to tie him
down on thet bench, an then I've got
to quit you one while. Here his pop,
preacher, an h,hes wiggles too much
chuck hunk o wood at him, but
don t shoot ef you can help it. And
kin talk to him about anythin' not
too excitin'. Savvy?"
Perfectly" ="
An water him ct he gets dry"
When Scranton had been carefully
secured Jim called Noyes to one side,
and said: = H. ="
]. 81 You don't want to try and square
Yourself with the dude preacher. New